Lapworth CofE Primary School

About Lapworth CofE Primary School

Lapworth CofE Primary School holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in February 2025, and the detail behind that grade tells a more nuanced story. The school was judged Outstanding for personal development, while quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management were all rated Good. On the most informative exam metric available, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year. That figure sits comfortably above the Warwickshire local authority average of 62%, placing Lapworth 8th out of 33 primary schools in the Warwick district and inside the top 25% nationally. The school also achieved strong average scaled scores of 106 in reading and 104 in maths, with a notably high 33% of pupils reaching the higher standard in reading.

Looking more closely at the breakdown, 88% of pupils reached the expected standard in maths and 83% in writing, while reading sat at 79%. The higher-standard figures are also respectable, with 25% achieving greater depth in writing and 17% in maths. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points. The Ofsted report from 2012 also rated the school Good overall, so the school has maintained a consistent standard across two inspections. The parent view is overwhelmingly positive: 96% of the 55 respondents would recommend the school, and 82% strongly agreed that their child is happy there. Strong majorities also strongly agreed that their child feels safe and that the school supports wider personal development.

Lapworth is a Church of England primary school for children aged 4 to 11, with 170 pupils on roll against a capacity of 210. It is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 49 applications for 28 places, with all 28 first-preference applicants offered a spot. The school has a range of facilities including a sports hall, playing fields, an ICT suite, art studios and a chapel. Sports on offer include gymnastics, cricket, dance, tennis, rounders and netball, and clubs range from eco club and gardening to drama, choir and coding. The school lists SEND provisions for moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health, speech language and communication, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder, though no parents responded to the SEND-specific question in the parent view survey. With 10.6% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a relatively affluent area but is not exclusively so. This is a solid, well-regarded village primary that performs above the local average and is popular with local families.

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